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Efforts to ban hydraulic fracturing methods heat up by Deyva Arthur, Green Party of New York State Portrayed as an energy source alternative to oil, why is the Green Party so adamantly against the use of hy­draul­ic fracturing (hydrofracking) for natural gas? With the increased risk of contaminating groundwater with toxic chemicals, emitting dangerous gases into the atmosphere, and no governmental regulations in place to keep any of it in check, it has be­come clear to residents and environmental organizations…